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Article #2801Re: serial communication question
From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 00:04
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 00:04
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In article <d9mikael.724155527@dtek.chalmers.se> d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren) writes: >>: Can anyone tell me if OS/2 uses interrupt-driven serial >>: port buffering for COM1 & COM2? I can't find that particular >>: information anywhere, it seems. >>I believe it does. (Most any multitasker has to use interrupts or >>_considerable_ hardware buffering.) I also have a deeply held >>belief that it supports the 16550 buffered UARTs. >Yes, the serial communications device driver in OS/2 certainly uses interrupts >for its work. It also supports 16550 buffered UARTs. ...And the DMA serial ports on many PS/2 models. -- Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0h, available from sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info Dept. of Econ., Univ. | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP") of Chicago, 60637 | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!gumby!destroyer!ncar!uchinews!ellis!sip1 From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) Subject: Re: serial communication question Message-ID: <1992Dec13.000439.16313@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago References: <1992Dec10.053208.12307@ucselx.sdsu.edu> <1992Dec11.044042.26612@vpnet.chi.il.us> <d9mikael.724155527@dtek.chalmers.se> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 00:04:39 GMT Lines: 17